The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1887-05-12
KANSAS STATE NEWS.


FRANKIE MORRIS, not unknown to the
criminal Jurisprudence OF Kansas, accord
ing to st. Louis paper has filed her petit
ton IN that city for divorce from her
latest husband, Harry Davis Loveland.
Loveland became infatuated with the
woman and married her while she was in
iail under conviction for the murder of her
mother.
ABOUT three O'Clock the other morning >
white lady, Mrs. Alice n. Fowler, was
twice brutality assaulted at Fort Scott by
negro fend who broke into her house by
force. He was recognized as Blue Jay"
Williams, who after barricading his house
finally escaped. 1t is stated that he was
subsequently captured but was being con-
cealed by the officers for fear of lynching
by the justly indignant citizens.
THE cyclone theorIst, as well as the an
nual cyclone, is again abroad in Kansas.
REPRESENTATIVE from the various Mold
ers' Unions in Kansas met IN Topeka re-
Gently for the purpose Of forming district
union comprising and controlling the State.
The following officers were elected for the
ensuing year: President, William Dart, OF
Topeka; yice-presdent and secretary. j. II.
Wise, of Leavenworth; treasurer, b. c.
Kirk, Of Parsons; organizer, Henry Eel
lows, of Fort Scott. The new organization
will have jurisdiction over the whole State,
subject to the decision of the National
| Molders' Union.
PATENTS granted Kansas inventors for
the week ended April &c: o. F. Barber,
Burr Oak, harrow; W. T. Clark, BurlIn-
game, marking tag; F. B. Cunningham,
Burlington. end gate; H. L. Dewing, Val
| lev Center hay stacker and loader; ]. G.
Eckhart, Edna, cockeye; H. .. Hood, Well
| ington. windwheel; G.. j. McRea, Kansas
| City, paper file; William Murphy, Omio,
corn cultivator and weed cutter; Menelious
| Platz, Alma, cUltivator; E. E. Scholder,
Bepler, hay stacker; E. H. Shaw and ]. D.
| Wixom, Clay Center, door check; j. H.
| Williams, Council Grove, hay press; A. II.
! Yeatman, Wellington, car coupling.
THE paper mill west of Argentine was
| totally destroyed by fire the other night.
The loss was about $4,000
THE Mennonite college for the United
States has been located at Newton.
THE probate Judge of Atchison claims
that all the members of drug firm must
| be pharmacists before the firm can secure
a permit under the new law to sell liquor.
The Attorney General will be appealed to
for decision.
| THE body of an unknown man WAS recent
| ly found about seven miles northwest OF
Meade Center The body was lying ABOUT
| forty yards from the main road and had a
gunny bag, saturated with blood, pulled
over the head. The man was about forty
years old. A large bullet hole through the
left eye indicated that the man had been
murdered and the coroner's jury so de-
cided
GEORGE 7. NICHOLSON has been appointed
general passenger and ticket agent OF the
Atchison, Topeka q Santa Fe road.
THE Attorney General recently argued
the case before the United States Supreme
Court in which the Pullman Palace Car
Company applied for a permanent injunc-
ton restraining the State Of Kansas from
the collection of taxes upon their cars upon
the various railroads of the State. The
argument was made before Judge Miller
of the Supreme Bench, Mr. Bradford rep
resenting the State of Kansas and the
Pullman Company being represented by
Alfred Ennis, Judge Bouray and other en-
inent counsel. Judge Miller denied the in
junction.
THERE will be a State convention of coun
tv superintendents held at Empor1a on the
25th and 18th inst.
MRS JOSEPHINE POETRY, wife of Joseph
Poitry, of Leavenworth County, was found
hanging by q rope in the upper room OF hcr
home the other day dead. An inquest was
held ana a verdict rendered that the de
ceased was insane and had committed sui
eide.
A LATE issue of the Kansas Farmer gave
crop reports from nearly every county III
the State Timely rains about the middle
of April started the crops to growing well,
although the acreage of wheat is small, bat
that growing promises well. Chinch bugs
are troublesome in some localities, but they
are not general. The acreage of oats Is
greatly increased over former years, and
the corn area will be immense. Stock is in
good health, and went to pasture in fail
condition. Fruit prospect even for peache:
is unusually encouraging.
THE last census gives Kansas 800, 900 more
males that females.
MAJOR T. j. Anderson is authority fol
the announcement that Kansas will be fully
represented at the twenty-first Nationa
Encampment to be held at st. Louis in Sep
TENDER next. 1t has been decided to give
the department of Kansas the exclusive
use of Washington Park as campius
ground, the officers of the department
agreeing to send 0,0O0 men who desire t.
camp. The department Of Kansas vii
send at least %, 900 old soldiers to the en-
campment.
JouN CONDOR was killed and Franz
Richards fatally injured by boiler explo
sion at Alvord's saw mill north of Manhat
tan, the other day.
THE Missouri Pacific and the Santa Fl
railroads have arranged to give all person.
attending the Grand Lodge of the knight.
of PythIas, which meets at Atchison on thu
18th, 18th and 18th of May, rate of ont
and one-third cents per mile for round-tril
tickets.
The executive committee of the STATE
Bar Association held meeting at the Su
preme Court room in Topeka the othe
evening to prepare programme for thu
next annual meeting, which occurs on thu
second Tuesday in January next.
UNDER the new law the name of the ap
plicant for druggists permit must be oil
the petition when it is filed, thirty days be
fore the petition is heard.
THE Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific EN-
ploys about II, 900 men in Kansas and Ne
braska. There are 100 men employed il
the Offices at Topeka.
THE annual report of the president of th'
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe road shows
that the number of tons of freight carries
one mile in 1886 was 6S1 399, O93 agsins
COZ, 153, $50 tons one mile IN 1885, and tn
total number of passengers carried ONT
mile in 1886 was 176,6l03 S9, against l49,
$50, 427 passengers carried one mile IN 1873
1NAIGRATIoS is lively.
AT the late annual meeting of the State
Dental Association at Topeka the following
officers were elected to serve for the ensu
ing year: President, r. E. Nickles, Of Sa
lima; first vice president, h W. Parsons
of Wsmego; second vice-president, j. p
Root, of Wyandotte; secretary, c. b. Gum
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